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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/iptraf-ng.8 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/iptraf-ng.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ca574fd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/iptraf-ng.8 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.TH IPTRAF-NG 8 "IPTraf-ng Help Page" +.SH NAME +iptraf \- Interactive Colorful IP LAN Monitor +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BR iptraf-ng " { [ " \-f " ] [ { " \-i +.IR iface " | " +.BR \-g " | " \-d +.IR iface " | " +.BR \-s +.IR iface " | " +.BR \-z +.IR iface " | " +.BR \-l +.IR iface " } [ " +.BR \-t +.IR timeout " ] [ " +.BR \-B " [ " +.BR \-L +.IR logfile " ] ] ] | [ " +.BR \-h " ] }" +.br +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B iptraf-ng +is an ncurses-based IP LAN monitor that generates various network statistics including TCP info, UDP counts, ICMP and OSPF information, Ethernet load info, node stats, IP checksum errors, and others. +.PP +If the +.B iptraf-ng +command is issued without any command-line options, the program comes up in interactive mode, with the various facilities accessed through the main menu. + +.SH OPTIONS +These options can also be supplied to the command: +.TP +.BI "\-i " iface +immediately start the IP traffic monitor on the specified interface, or +all interfaces if "\-i all" is specified +.TP +.B "\-g" +immediately start the general interface statistics +.TP +.BI "\-d " iface +allows you to immediately start the detailed on the indicated interface (iface) +.TP +.BI "\-s " iface +allows you to immediately monitor TCP and UDP traffic on the specified interface (iface) +.TP +.BI "\-z " iface +shows packet counts by size on the specified interface +.TP +.BI "\-l " iface +start the LAN station monitor on the specified interface, or all LAN +interfaces if "\-l all" is specified +.TP +.BI "\-t " timeout +tells IPTraf-ng to run the specified facility for only +.I timeout +minutes. This option is used only with one of the above parameters. +.TP +.B "\-B" +redirect standard output to /dev/null, closes standard input, and forks +the program into the background. Can be used only with one of the +facility invocation parameters above. Send the backgrounded process a +USR2 signal to terminate. +.TP +.B "\-L logfile" +allows you to specify an alternate log file name. The default log file +name is based on either the interface selected (detailed interface +statistics, TCP/UDP service statistics, packet size breakdown), or the +instance of the facility (IP traffic monitor, LAN station monitor). If a +path is not specified, the log file is placed in +.B /var/log/iptraf-ng +.TP +.B "\-f" +clears all locks and counters, causing this instance of IPTraf-ng to think +it's the first one running. This should only be used to recover from +an abnormal termination or system crash. +.TP +.B "\-h" +shows a command summary +.SH SIGNALS + + SIGUSR1 - rotates log files while program is running + SIGUSR2 - terminates an IPTraf-ng process running in the background. + +.SH FILES + /var/log/iptraf-ng/*.log - log file + /var/lib/iptraf-ng/* - important IPTraf-ng data files + +.SH SEE ALSO + Documentation/* - complete documentation written by the author + +.SH AUTHOR +Gerard Paul Java (riker@mozcom.com) + +.SH MANUAL AUTHOR +Frederic Peters (fpeters@debian.org), using iptraf-ng \-h +General manual page modifications by Gerard Paul Java (riker@mozcom.com), +Phil Cameron (pcameron@redhat.com) + |